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California

University of California, Berkeley · 2025 · ACC

FanBoardHQ CFP
#77
Efficiency
-4.4
83rd FBS
Record
7-6
Conf. record
4-4
Conf. finish
T-8th
of 17
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California went 7-6 and was ranked 77th in the FanBoardHQ CFP Rankings (blended resume and efficiency). Their 71st-ranked defense carried them, with an 83rd-ranked offense. They passed the ball on 59% of offensive plays with a 58th-ranked passing attack and ran the ball on the remaining 41% of plays with a 105th-ranked rushing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
1-0
Q2
1-2
Q3
0-4
Q4
5-0

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 7.0 wins
Strength of Record
69th
-3.0 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
83rd
full season
83rd
AP poll
Unranked
Conf. sched. difficulty
64th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.8 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1@ Oregon StatePac-12#127W 3415+6.4100%11.4Q4
2vs Texas SouthernSWACW 353+34.1100%-12.9Q4
3vs MinnesotaBig Ten#48W 2714-1.0100%7.5Q4
4@ San Diego StateMountain West#47L 034-12.10%-25.8Q2
5@ Boston CollegeACC#124W 2824+2.7100%-1.4Q4
6vs DukeACC#44L 2145-6.40%-18.4Q3
8vs North CarolinaACC#103W 2118+8.2100%-9.2Q4
9@ Virginia TechACC#102L 3442-0.80%-4.7Q3
10vs VirginiaACC#23L 2131-12.70%-2.6Q2
11@ LouisvilleACC#29W 2926-18.3100%14.8Q1
13@ StanfordACC#91L 1031-1.80%-25.2Q3
14vs SMUACC#31W 3835-13.6100%14.0Q2
Postseason
@ Hawai'iMountain West#63L 3135-2.60%-5.6Q3

13 played · 7-6. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on California, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

-22.6-5.5+11.611-137-26-1-18-9-5-315-2514Week 0Week 20
Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 58th
SR 39thYPP 73rdEPA 64th
RushingEff 105th
SR 96thYPP 122ndEPA 99th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 36th
SR 36thYPP 49thEPA 32nd
Rush defenseEff 106th
SR 97thYPP 83rdEPA 116th
Dropback rate 59%Tempo +7.7 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 54th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 40%1st · Defense allowed: 45%1st2nd · Offense: 44%2nd · Defense allowed: 39%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 43%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 43%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 85.0Q1 · Allowed: 62.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 89.0Q2 · Allowed: 76.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 48.0Q3 · Allowed: 51.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 96.0Q4 · Allowed: 125.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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California Offense vs Defense, 2025
Offensive EffRanked 83rd
-2.8
Field position: -0.9Finishing drives: -1.9
Field position -0.9Finishing drives -1.9= -2.8
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 94th · Finishing 81st

Defensive EffRanked 71st
-0.8
Field position: -2.0Finishing drives: +1.2
Field position -2.0Finishing drives +1.2= -0.8
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 123rd · Finishing 60th

1.75 points per drive on offense, 1.79 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 30.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(266)61% / 39%47%5.8
Q2(203)58% / 42%41%5.6
Q3(199)64% / 36%39%5.4
Q4(236)59% / 41%39%4.8
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(191)10.446%6.7
2nd(201)9.245%6.8
3rd(141)8.240%6.0
4th(14)3.836%1.5
All (547)44%6.4
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(206)9.434%3.6
2nd(99)6.441%4.9
3rd(41)3.444%2.9
4th(11)1.482%4.3
All (357)39%3.9

California, all games.

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